GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.7

GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.7 was released on .

Summary

2026-03-17 - Improve color contrast across CLI themes for better readability and accessibility - User messages display with a subtle background color for visual differentiation from assistant messa...

Release Context

  • This was the 52nd GitHub Copilot CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 1 day after GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.6 (March 16, 2026).

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Release Notes

2026-03-17 - Improve color contrast across CLI themes for better readability and accessibility - User messages display with a subtle background color for visual differentiation from assistant messages - Add support for gpt-5.4-mini model - Tab bar selected tab uses compact [label] style with cleaner spacing - Add "customize" mode to system message config for section-level system prompt overrides - Double-Esc clears input when text is present, or triggers undo when the prompt is empty, with a hint shown after the first Esc - Session resume no longer fails with 'Session file is corrupted' for sessions created before 1.0.6 - Branch indicator distinguishes unstaged changes (\), staged changes (+), and untracked files (%) in the header - Add experimental SDK session APIs to list and manage skills, MCP servers, and plugins, with optional config auto-discovery from the working directory - Add subagentStart hook that fires when a subagent is spawned, with support for injecting additional context into the subagent's prompt - Pro and trial users now see all models they are entitled to in the model picker - CLI restart no longer re-sends the -i/--interactive prompt to the new session - Resolve an edge case where auto-update could leave an incomplete package on Windows

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